Barnacles

October 11, 2025

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Author: Joe Czubiak | Creator of Barnacles | Serial Indie Maker

I'm building Barnacles, an open source desktop app for developers. This one is for me. I'm just trying to make my life a little easier.

To see more, checkout barnacles.app or the source on github

Barnacles is a desktop application for developers to organize, manage, and analyze their coding projects. Barnacles automatically scans directories, detects technologies, tracks project metadata, and provides integrated terminals and IDE access.

Barnacles provides tools for everyday development. Easily find, open, or start your projects from a single interface.

Features

Project Discovery - Automatically scan directories to find and catalog all your development projects
Technology Detection - Identify technologies, frameworks, and languages used in each project
Project Analytics - View file counts, lines of code, language breakdowns, and project statistics
Git Integration - Track branch status, commits, and repository information
Integrated Terminals - Launch terminals directly in project directories
IDE Integration - Quick access to open projects in your preferred IDE
Search & Filter - Fuzzy search and filter projects by technology
Favorites - Mark and quickly access your most-used projects

More coming soon!

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